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Job Summary
As a Control Room Operator at our cutting-edge natural gas combined cycle power plant, your pivotal role involves monitoring and controlling operations to ensure the efficient and safe production of electricity. Your expertise will contribute to maintaining optimal performance, responding to alarms, and collaborating with diverse teams to troubleshoot and resolve issues.
Job Description
Responsibilities :
Under the guidance of the Operational Manager and Chief Engineer :
- Ensure mechanical integrity and overall plant operation compliance with regulations, OEM specifications, and industry safety practices.
- Take decisive corrective action to protect personnel and property, preventing hazardous or catastrophic events whenever possible.
- Communicate effectively with licensed operators, plant management, and corporate entities both orally and in writing.
- Assign daily tasks, including equipment health checks, housekeeping, and repairs, to outside operators.
- Recognize and address unsafe conditions or anomalies in the plant promptly.
- Provide essential remedial training for operators in the interest of safety and professional development.
- Issue oral and written instructions to plant personnel, logging all activities in the daily logbook.
- Familiarity with High-Pressure Boiler, Pressure Vessel, and EPA environmental regulations.
- Organize first response in case of an incident, maintaining records and reporting as per plant procedures.
- Ensure the quality of outside operator plant startup checks and daily plant equipment inspections.
- Oversee plant startup, shutdown, and economic operation according to OEM requirements.
- Generate Work Orders for equipment malfunctions, locate spare parts in the warehouse, and assist in inventory checks using a computerized system.
- Possess knowledge of the steam-water cycle, gas turbine operation, critical parameters, and limitations.
- Complete assigned training on time.
- Experience with using DCS control systems, including alarm checks, trend creation, and troubleshooting.
DCS Operation :
Equipment Monitoring and Troubleshooting :
Alarm Response and Emergency Procedures :
Communication and Collaboration :
Documentation and Reporting :
Compliance and Safety :
Training and Development :
Qualifications :
Note : This position requires the ability to work a 12-hour rotating DuPont shift schedule.
Job Family
General Services
Company
Luminant Power LLC
Locations
Hopewell, Virginia
Virginia
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